Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns
The city saw its heaviest rain in 50 days with 34 inches of precipitation, more than July. A large crowd attended the dedication of the Harmon Field swimming pool in Winchester Street, placed by the Lions Club and turned over to the city. Evangelical Lutheran pastor Dr U S G Rupp tendered his resignation effective October 1 due to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Field
Winchester Street
Lions Club
U. S. G. Rupp
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Church Council
Rae
Herman
American pilot flies with reporters in Korea front line
Lt. Baird King of Cedar Rapids pilots a four seater over enemy lines to spot targets for artillery. After a rough night ride and help from a wrecker crew, he ferries two correspondents from the front to a coast city to relay stories to Tokyo. King pledges no complaint about his job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
Bal Boyle
U. S
Korea
Baird King
Cedar Rapids
28Th Infantry Division
King
Tokyo
United States
Smid
World food reserves and the U N I S E C outlook
The FAO notes America and Canada hold most gains in world stocks while other regions lag. US reserves come from surplus grain hoarding, with little global buildup elsewhere. Russia shows no strong hoarding, China faces a worse postwar food situation, and US sales abroad at below parity may be needed to preserve prestige and farm income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
United States
Canada
North America
Russia
China
Deceptive Red Cross Call Bomber Nabbed in Tampa
A Tampa report describes Joseph Nemeth of Brainards New Jersey held after refusing hospitalization while police investigate a man who phoned mothers of Korean War service members pretending to be a Red Cross worker and falsely said their sons were killed. FBI records will be checked as authorities probe past New Jersey ties.
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Tampa
Florida
Korea
Red Cross
Joseph Nemeth
Brainards
Nemeth
FBI
New Jersey
Fifty Years Ago in Frederick Aug 15 1900
Fifty years ago Frederick items note Captain Quitman J Be kley longtime Democrat and former court crier died at 12 East Second Street. A coal car collision at Patrick Street crossing spilled coal and damaged cars. Frederick baseball lost 22 to 3 to Electric Park Club of Baltimore. July 1800 heat wave peaked at 105 degrees with a week of intense heat. A four horse wagon wheel broke near C C Carty’s store blocking the F M Railroad tracks for hours.
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Quitman
J. Beckley
Frederick Riftemen
Fast Second Street
Judge Lynch
Pennsylvania Railroad
Patrick Street
Frederick
Electric Park Club of
Baltimore
Creager
Riddlemoser
C. C. Carty
East Patrick Street
F, and M. Railroad
Roberts Mill road contract awarded to Wilson Utz
The city council awarded the Roberts Mill road project to Wilson Utz for macadam paving 16 feet wide to the corporate limits. Bids included JT R Wasche and Sons Thurmont at 434180, Nicholes and Erb Sykesville at 4111.20, and Wilson Utz at 3701. The article also notes community events at Trinity Lutheran Church, Kiwanis, and local visits and funerals across Taneytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taneytown
Roberts Mill Road
Wilson Utz
JT. R Wasche and Sons
Thurmont
Nicholes and Erb, Inc
Sykesville
Women's Missionary Society of Trinity Lutheran Church
Big Pipe Creek
Ellis Ohler
Clare Null
Charles Wantz
Calvim Baschoar
Clara Devilbiss
Nethe Putman
Luther Luckenbaugh
Harry Crouse
Glen Reever
Angie Keefer
Albert Wilhice
Norman Baumpardner
Brotherhood of Trinity
Lutheran Church
Aldsters
Franklin Fair
David Wilhide
Wilbur Naylor, Jr
Herbert Bowers
Kenneth Smith
Luther Luckenoatgh
Lutheran Men Magazine
Elwood Baumgardner
Merle Ohler
Harry Dougherty
Brotherhood Chorus
Kiwanis Club
Taneytown Inn
Miles S. Reifsnider
Baust Reformed Church
Big Pipe Creek Park
Lewis Crumpacker
Clyde Heston
Ralph Hoffman
Westminster Club
Ernest Dunbar
Wilford
Mass
Harry Bunting
Fern Hitchcock
Franklin Street
M.C. McIntire
Youngstown
Francis T. Elliot
Jett
James Myers
Washington Daybook highlights Korea and arms pace
Washington Daybook reports on North Korea fighting losses near the Naktong River, looming Soviet actions, and U S arms buildup through 1952. It covers tank losses, messages from intelligence, Malik in the UN, and projected defense advances plus excess profits tax talk and ship reactivation plans. It ends noting an asteroid named Icarus and a parish meeting at Baltimore Street.
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Reed Blaine Washington
United Nations
Korea
Naktong River Line
Pentagon
Jacob Malik
Security Council
Russia
U. S
U S
Congress
Ifs That Could Have Altered the Korean War
A Washington column argues three big aircraft carrier strategies could have changed Korean War dynamics. It highlights Missouri’s absence, the need for more carriers and planes, and the division of air operations among Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. The piece urges clear distinctions in reporting to boost morale, training, and recruitment.
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Pacific
Korea
Pohang
South Korea
North Korea
Russia
China
Missouri
Far East
Korean
Anti TB Drive Here To Open September 26
A large scale mass x ray campaign to combat tuberculosis opens September 26 in Frederick county, conducted by the TB Public Health Association and the State Health Department with philanthropic and tax funds. The drive runs through November 3 using a mobile unit and free X rays for residents over 50, with planning led by Joseph D. Baker and Kent C Nicodemus Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
TB Public Health Association
Incal Wealth Department
State Department of Health
TB Association
State and Health Department
Frederick Health Office
Joseph D. Baker
James Thomas
Warren R. Evans
Charles E. Henson
Carroll E Easterday
Kent C Nicodemus, Jr
Nicodemus
Local Sand Lot Hero Faces Life Beyond Fame
A boy who hits the most home runs in a sand-lot game may win loud praise and local fame yet struggle with life choices. The piece weighs whether early athletic success guarantees lasting duties, greatness, or lasting impact.
Forecast Of Upsets Wrong Leaders Say
Washington figures react to Louis H. Bean forecast predicting November defeats for Senators Taft Lucas McMahon Benton Myers McCarran and others while Republicans could gain but not seize Congress Taft dismisses the prophecy as a repeated electoral stunt and rivals doubt the analysis noting war effects and market of campaigns in play.
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Washington
Louis H. Bean
Taft
Ohio
Lucas
D-I
Bean
Department of Agriculture
Look Magazine
Congress
McMahon and Benton
Connecticut
Myers
Pennsylvania
McCarran
Nevada
Taylor D
Economist
Conference on Aging gathers 800 in Washington
The Nation Today reports the first national conference on aging in Washington with about 800 attendees from across the country. The exploratory meeting, called by the Federal Security Agency, aims to discuss aging problems and potential central information sources or agencies. Topics include employment, recreation, medical research, income, and projected growth in the elderly population through 1974.
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Jame¢ Marlow
Washington
Srat
Congress
Children's Bureau
Federal Security Agency
Truman
Census Bureau
Fellowship Awarded To Lieut W E OHara
Lt. W E O Hara commander of the Maryland State Police Cumberland barracks has won a fellowship at Northwestern University traffic officers school. He will be the tenth Maryland trooper at Evanston for a four and a half month program beginning in September. Frank J Marsden spoke for the Auto Trade Association of Maryland and the highway safety committee in presenting the award. O Hara aims to master traffic control and train other officers in traffic policing as a career. He hails from Frederick.
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Pikesville
W. EB. O'Hara
Maryland
Cumberland
Northwestern University
Special School
O'Hara
Traffic Institute
Evanston, Il
Frank J. Marsden
Automobile Trade Association of Maryland
Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee
Lt. O'Hara
Lieut. O'Hara
Frederick
Campaign chatter shapes Senate race bets this year
Senator Brewster of Maine, head of the Republican Senatorial Campaign committee, says he can back Bean on Connecticut and predicts Lucas, Myers and Taylor will lose. He doubts McCarran’s defeat in Nevada and objects to Bean naming Maryland, Oklahoma and Utah as Democratic safeties. Democrats argue Kansas, South Dakota and Oregon are winnable, countering Bean’s safe lists for the GOP.
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Brewster
Maine
Bean
Connecticut
Lucas
Myers
Taylor
McCarran
Nevada
Maryland
Oklahoma
Utah
Kansas
South Dakota
Oregon
Grade Crossing Case Heard at Lime Kiln Crossing
Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett heard a case near Lime Kiln between Frederick and Buckeystown about inadequate warning for motorists at a grade crossing. Gerald E. Cline was found not guilty of failing to obey a crossing signal. Jacob Dodson was found guilty of reckless driving and fined. Collateral forfeitures listed include speeding, passing at un clear signals, and stop sign violations, with multiple defendants cited by Trooper M. J. Whitney.
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Lime Kiln
Frederick
Buckeystown
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Gerald E. Cline
Route 5
Bennett
M. J. Whitney
Jacob Dodson
Route 2
Whitney
Earl Lenhart
John S. Monica
Dallas
Charles O. Farrington
Newark
Neal A. Stanford
Washington
Claude T. Onley
Selman
Mary H. Merson
Baltimore
James W. Davis
Columbus
Zelton Hoffman
Silver Spring
Kenneth D. Titus
Hagerstown
William R. Hoffe
Damascus
Bernard W. McClain
Montovia
D. Leslie Main
Walton
Benjamin Cooley
Germantown
Talks To Avert Rail Strike To Be Resumed
Washington August 15 The White House presses to avert a nationwide rail strike as union leaders say they near the end of their rope They plan more talks with John R Steelman assistant to President Truman Union chiefs Kennedy and Hughes report little progress after a four hour session with Steelman while a railroad spokesman says progress is being made and meetings will continue beyond today
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Truman
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Hughes
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Steelman
Kennedy
Second Army Seeks Doctors and Dentists for Service
Fort Meade August 15 The Second Army commander Lieut Gen James Van Fleet urged presidents of medical and dental societies in the Second Army area to recruit doctors and dentists to fill quotas by October 7. About 300 professionals are to be called up, voluntary or not, with cooperation meetings planned at Fort Meade to finalize a program spanning Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Virginia Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia. An automobile generator requires recheck after 1,800 to 10,000 miles of use.
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Fort Meade
Second Army
James van Fleet
General van Fleet
Second Army Command
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
van Fleet
Lustreware Gift From Westport Collector to Frederick Library
John B. Morris of Westport Connecticut donated fourteen pieces of rare copper and silver lustre ware to the C Burr Arts Library in Frederick. The pieces, dating to the early nineteenth century, include unusual jugs goblets and covers ed ware. The exhibit displays in the south lobby as part of Morris vision to place his collection in museums nationwide for preservation and study.
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Frederick
C. Burr Arts Library
John B. Morris
Westeport
Conn
Westport Lbrary
Virginia
Morris
Artz
G. Manty Besant
Josephine P. Etchison
England
Pennsylvania
Mr. Morris
New York
Westport
Artz Library
Helmet with bullet holes carries fallen GI name
i Cpl James Moore of Pleasant City Ohio could not locate his helmet during a night battle with North Korean forces. He found a replacement helmet but holes in the front and back showed a fatal bullet had killed the prior wearer. Inside the lid the name Corporal James Moore appeared.
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U. S. First Cavalry Division
Korea
James Moore
Pleasant City
Moore
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the News
Washington Daybook
Keres
J. M. Combs
Texas
Combs
Thor Tollefton
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Appropriations
JCS
Glone Syndicate
Charles Arnold
Baltimore Street
David Lawrence
U. S. Naval Aviation
Atlantic
WU. 5
Naval Air Force
Japan
U. S. Air Force
Navy
U. S. Naval Air Force
Army
U.S. Army Air Force
Marine Corps
McMahon
Benton
Donnell
Thomas Hennings Jr
Donnel
Lieut
W. E. O'Hara
Leo R. Manahan
Lantz
Bessie E. Manahan
Kas
Neasor
WES. U. 5
Peter
Lustreware
Sharman Douglas
U.S
Great Britain
Lewis Douglas
Tane
Spain
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